“Extraordinary Sad Call”: Ex Army Chief On Retired Officer’s Manipur Tweet

New Delhi:

Former Indian Military chief Normal VP Malik (retired) has known as for “pressing consideration” to the scenario in Manipur the place ethnic clashes between the Meiteis and the Kuki tribe have been occurring since Might 3.

Normal Malik, referring to a tweet by a retired senior military officer from Manipur on the grim scenario within the state, tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and House Minister Amit Shah, asking for “pressing consideration on the highest stage.”

Earlier, Lieutenant Normal L Nishikanta Singh (retired), a resident of state capital Imphal, tweeted the state is now “stateless”, a day after the home of Union Minister RK Ranjan Singh was set on hearth by miscreants.

“I am simply an strange Indian from Manipur residing a retired life. The state is now ‘stateless’. Life and property could be destroyed anytime by anybody identical to in Libya, Lebanon, Nigeria, Syria, and so forth. It seems Manipur has been left to stew in its personal juice. Is anybody listening?” Lt Normal Singh tweeted.

To this, Normal Malik replied, “A rare unhappy name from a retired Lt Normal from Manipur. Legislation and order scenario in Manipur wants pressing consideration at highest stage.”

A rare unhappy name from a retired Lt Gen from Manipur. Legislation & order scenario in Manipur wants pressing consideration at highest stage. @AmitShah@narendramodi@rajnathsinghhttps://t.co/VH4EsLkWSU

— Ved Malik (@Vedmalik1) June 16, 2023

On Might 30, Lt Normal Singh had stated some “300 terrorists” together with “lungi-clad ones” from Myanmar have entered Manipur amid the ethnic violence between the Meiteis and the Chin-Kuki folks.

Lt Normal Singh’s “lungi-clad” reference was seen as indicating to the involvement of Myanmar border-based insurgents who, like civilians, put on the “longyi“, as it’s identified within the country run by a military junta.

Lt Normal Singh retired in 2018 after serving within the Indian Military for 40 years. He was additionally with the Intelligence Corps.

Manipur has been on the boil since Might 3, when violence broke out throughout a rally by Kukis in protest in opposition to the Meiteis’ demand for Scheduled Tribes (ST) class. The Meiteis are the bulk within the valley in and round Imphal, whereas the Kukis are a majority within the hills.

House Minister Amit Shah, after coming back from a three-day go to in Manipur, had introduced a sequence of measures to carry normalcy. A peace committee shaped by the centre hasn’t been capable of carry the scenario underneath management as each Meitei and Kuki civil society teams do not wish to be part of it.

Rigidity continues to grip Imphal East as recent violence erupted on the western aspect of Palace Compound after miscreants set an deserted home on hearth. Firefighters had been capable of management the blaze and cease it from spreading to adjoining homes. Nonetheless, a mob defying the curfew took to the streets and clashed with a joint group of central and state forces. The forces needed to hearth tear fuel to regulate the scenario. A couple of folks had been injured, the police stated.